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Joseph McCollum (Bracken County, Kentucky, resident and sergeant in 16th Regiment Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.))

b. 1843? d. 1864-05-15

Bracken County, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Hugh McCollum and Jane McCollum. Resident of Bracken County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Bracken County in 1860. Served in the 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as fifth sergeant and fourth sergeant from January 27, 1862, to May 15, 1864. Died from wounds received at the Battle of Resaca in Georgia on May 14, 1864.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, Augusta, p. 452A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, Augusta, p. 263.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 294.

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McCollum, Joseph. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208692 (November 12, 2026).

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